Belt



Feb. 7, 1928.

L. H. NICHOLS BELT Filed April 12. 1927 ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 7, 1928.

UNITED STATES LAWRENCE H. NEG HOLE, OF KENMORE, OHIO.

BELT.

Application filed April 12, 1927. Serial No. 183,159.

provide a belt of attrzu-tive and novel apearance and one which will becomfortable to wear, owing to its resiliency.

Another object of the invention to make the ends of the tubes flat sothat they can be 10 readily attached to a buckle and also to providemeans for fastening the tubes tog. ther.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the sore 'al parts, to behereinafter tully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, re't erence will be had to theaccompanying:

drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding partstl'iroughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved belt.

Figure 2 is a rear view oi. the buckle and showing the ends of the beltattached the-re to.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-8 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a section on line i t of ure 1.

As shown in these views, the belt is composed of a plurality ofsuperimposed tubes 1 which are inflated and which have their endsflattened. as at 2, which not only tends to hold the air in the tubesbut also prothe belt and a buckle on.

Vides means whereby one end oi the belt can be attached. to a buckle 8and the other end to a hook-shaped member 4: which is detachablyconnected with the buckle so as to hold the bolt about the personot theuser. The tubes are fastened together by bands which are placed atintervals along the length of the belt. 7

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a novel town ofl is composed of a plurality of superimposeil tubes which are int atedso that the belt will have an attractive and odd appearance and onewhich. will give free movement to the body of the user owing to itsresiliency.

It is thought from the foregoing dest tion that the advantages and novelfeatures of my invention will. be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangen'icnt oi the several parts, providedthat such changes tall within the scope of the appended claim.

lVhat I claim is:-

A belt oil? the class described comprising a plurality of resilienttubes placed one upon the other, the tubes being inflated and havingtheir ends :llattened and turned over to retain the air in the tubes, abelt buckle connected with the flattened ends at one end oi? gringmember connccted with the flattened ends at the other end of the belt,said member and buckle act- LAWRENCE H. NICHOL.

